Ashley's posts

Day 1
I got up very early Saturday morning and went to Belize. After we got to Belize, we went to Armenia, which is a small town in Belize. We worked there when we were there in 2008. We went to see Michael and Mateo Chiquin. Our church has been helping Michael’s family because Michael has been in the hospital. Michael has leukemia.

Day 2
Sunday, we went to church then we went to Arenal. Arenal is another village in Belize. It is on the western border of Belize. Part of the village is in Guatemala. We walked across the border to visit the people in Guatemala part of Arenal. I saw people swimming, washing yams and clothes in the same river with the pigs and cows. On our way back from Arenal we stopped at Black Rock, a resort and went swimming in the river and had supper.

Day3
We went to Yalbac They have a very small school with only 10 students. I helped with the kids. I missed lunch that day because we did not bring it with us and there are no restaurants or electricity in the village

Day 4
We went to another village in Belize today, San Antonio. We visited a pre-school. THE KIDS WRE CUTE. They sang “Twinkle Twinkle” for us. The roads in Belize are very rough and dusty. When you ride in the back seat you get very bounced.

Day 5
I spent the day hanging out with Dr. Bertrand. We sang songs and rested.

Day 6
We went to the Belize zoo and saw lots of animals: howler monkeys, jaguars, spider monkeys, tapirs, and jabirus. We rode a water taxi to Caye Caulker.

Day 7
We went snorkeling in a small boat. I got wet in the ocean, but I did not like it. It is too salty. We saw many sting rays. In the evening we went on a small boat and we saw a small crocodile and lots of stars. Then we went back to the hotel and went to bed.

Day 8
We are on the plane flying to Charlotte and going to Knoxville today.